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  • Critical Studies on Terrorism
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    Pursuing the allure of combat: an ethnography of violence amongst Iraqi Shi’I combatants fighting ISIS

    Journal abstract The social sciences speak of violence through its meaning, performances, manifestations and representations; however, the inner workings of violence are less explored. In order to suggest a different[…]

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    ISIS: A History

    Publisher’s description The Islamic State has stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. What explains the rise of ISIS and what does it portend for[…]

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    • in Radicalisation · Regions · Research · World

    Rearing Cubs of the Caliphate: An Examination of Child Soldier Recruitment by Da’esh

    Journal abstract This study investigates child soldier recruitment strategies of the Islamic State group (Da’esh). It argues that while the dominant caretaker and free-ranger approaches to child soldier recruitment make[…]

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    Compulsion in Religion

    Publishers description Samuel Helfont draws on extensive research with Ba’thist archives to investigate the roots of the religious insurgencies that erupted in Iraq following the American-led invasion in 2003. In[…]

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    The Threat of Returning Foreign Fighters: Finnish State Responses to the Volunteers in the Spanish and Syria-Iraq Civil Wars

    Journal abstract The conflict in Syria and Iraq from 2011 onwards, and the Spanish Civil War in 1936–39 both witnessed a very relevant foreign fighter phenomenon. Even if the ideological[…]

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    Studies in Conflict & Terrorism
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    Identity, Ideology, and Information: The Sources of Iraqi Public Support for the Islamic State

    Journal abstract This article explores the amount and sources of support for the Islamic State among Iraqis. We argue that, in addition to shared identity and ideology, a neglected factor[…]

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  • Studies in Conflict & Terrorism
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    Waves of the Black Banner: An Exploratory Study on the Dutch Jihadist Foreign Fighter Contingent in Syria and Iraq

    Journal abstract Since the violent escalation of the Syrian conflict, 280 Dutch nationals have been flocking to Syria and Iraq to join jihadist terrorist organizations. Attempts to create a more[…]

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    Studies in Conflict & Terrorism
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    Nationalist Jāhiliyyah and the Flag of the Two Crusaders, or: ISIS, Sovereignty, and the “Owl of Minerva”

    Journal abstract This article argues that by understanding Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) state-building processes we are able to understand how ISIS has developed while also developing a[…]

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  • terrorism-and-political-violence
    • in Radicalisation · Regions · Research · World

    Social Network Analysis of German Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq

    Journal abstract Why do Westerners become foreign fighters in civil conflicts? We explore this question through original data collection on German foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq, and test three[…]

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    small wars and insurgencies
    • in Radicalisation · Regions · Research · World

    Who Goes, Why, and With What Effects: The Problem of Foreign Fighters from Europe

    Journal abstract This article explores the phenomenon of Islamist foreign fighters, more specifically the movement of European Muslims to participate in the insurgencies in Syria and Iraq connected to the[…]

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